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What is NHRA's Policy towards short fields...
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HEMI6point1
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Funny, I made a very similar thread and I got pounced on!
The Counterfeiter
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Joe - I'm pretty sure it's covered in the Policy Manual. Can't seem to find my copy - as soon as I do, I'll get right back to ya! - 
MM
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dont feel so sorry for yourself sam....people didnt like the idea that you suggested giving the A/Fuel cars a head start
Your suggestion was to give headstarts, mine is run your current rules and see what happens! A 5.20 will qualify at plenty of TF shows this year I'm willing to bet...
my friends call me Zappy
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IF by "short field" you mean an odd number of cars - #1 Q gets a bye.
HEMI6point1
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At 5.20 at 1,000ft? I would imagine that an A-fuel car would go around 4.5 at 1,000ft.
And a A/Fuel car may qualify, but can it win on Sunday against a TF car? Only way for it to happen would be for a TF car to redlight, break or smoke the tires.
Bill
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>>>"Are the chassis specs the same for T/F and A/F ?"
Nope, and that may prove to be a stumbling block for A/F cars trying to compete in T/F.
Wheelbase in A/F CAN be 300", but can also be a little as 150". I don't think there are any 150" wheelbase A/F cars around, but the minimum for T/F is 280", and I am not at all sure that the A/F cars are that long, although they might be.
Does anyone here know how long most of those A/F cars are (wheelbase?)
There may be other considerations, but that one is the most obvious, to me.
Nope, and that may prove to be a stumbling block for A/F cars trying to compete in T/F.
Wheelbase in A/F CAN be 300", but can also be a little as 150". I don't think there are any 150" wheelbase A/F cars around, but the minimum for T/F is 280", and I am not at all sure that the A/F cars are that long, although they might be.
Does anyone here know how long most of those A/F cars are (wheelbase?)
There may be other considerations, but that one is the most obvious, to me.
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Your correct, a 5.20 is forgetting TF runs 1,000' Even so, you think Bill Reichert wouldn't mind going out Rd 1 for $9,000?????
yoda
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Just Paul
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William, Paul's right. IT's just to allow 16 cars the opportunity to stage on Sunday! If 16 TF Dragsters show up I doubt any A/Fueler's would run fast enough to qualify, even though it would funny as hell if one actually did!
Can you imagine how embarrassing it would be for any TF guy to get bumped out by an A/Fueler? He'd be the laughing stock of the race!
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BaldyLochs
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I don't care what anybody says.... I still want to see a top fuel dragster handicapped against say, a 15 second factory car!
Wouldn't that be interesting - to see say, Larry Dixon in the Sheik's rail.... sitting there after the burnout, both pumps on, with both bulbs lit... while....like, Mike Smith is roaring down through there at half track in his 2006 Buick LaSabre at a whopping 78 mph. After about 11 seconds or so have passed, LD twitches his feet, shakes the ground, and whizzes by Mike's Buick right at the 1/4 mile mark to take the win?????
Wouldn't that be interesting - to see say, Larry Dixon in the Sheik's rail.... sitting there after the burnout, both pumps on, with both bulbs lit... while....like, Mike Smith is roaring down through there at half track in his 2006 Buick LaSabre at a whopping 78 mph. After about 11 seconds or so have passed, LD twitches his feet, shakes the ground, and whizzes by Mike's Buick right at the 1/4 mile mark to take the win?????
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I don't care what anybody says.... I still want to see a top fuel dragster handicapped against say, a 15 second factory car!
Wouldn't that be interesting - to see say, Larry Dixon in the Sheik's rail.... sitting there after the burnout, both pumps on, with both bulbs lit... while....like, Mike Smith is roaring down through there at half track in his 2006 Buick LaSabre at a whopping 78 mph. After about 11 seconds or so have passed, LD twitches his feet, shakes the ground, and whizzes by Mike's Buick right at the 1/4 mile mark to take the win?????
Didn't they do something like that a while back as an exhibition?
Just Paul
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Kinda.. Mike Dunn (in Hererts spare car) raced Dave Reif in a GXP (I think) in Joliet year before last. The goal was to stand on the gas on the TF car for only one second and see who won.
